Force

Definitions

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proper n. Falls. used in place names.

Etymologies

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From Old Norse fors or foss ("waterfall")

Examples

Another benefit to using magnetic force over gravitational Force is that we can control magnetic fieldsquite well but we are sorely lacking in the knowledge of controlling gravitational ones except for the type where we cast off mass and that's a one time deal.

Israeli officials theorized that the attack could have been in retaliation for Monday's assassination by Israeli forces of Masoud Ayad, 54, a commander of Yasir Arafat's elite Force 17 security force in Gaza in what Barak hailed as a "preventive operation."

(You know, peace is not one sided action, it has to be done by both sides, and actions HAVE to be done by both sides, as I will never accept your existence if you don't accept mine, and I repeat, peace can't be won by force, because Force is not eternal for one side or the other).

Society shall have persuaded the Emperor Nicholas or Francis-Joseph to disband his armies and rely for the support of his government on its intrinsic justice and inherent moral force, I shall be ready to enter its ranks; but while Despotism, Fraud and Wrong are triumphantly upheld by Force, I do not see how Freedom, Justice and Progress can safely disclaim and repudiate the only weapons that tyrants fear -- the only arguments they regard.

When a wind makes a name for itself, you know it's a force to be reckoned with (Force 10 and above to be precise) and the Mistral is what the Audi MedCup competitors will be waiting for in Marseilles today.